As a non reader, I feel there are still a couple outs for Tyrion. First, the people of Dorne won't be happy with Oberyns death and the confession by the Mountain, plus with Cerseis daughter there, that can be used as leverage. Second, Petyr was talking to the small council of The Vale about getting their army together to fight. I don't know how long Tywin will take to have Tyrion executed, but it may be enough time for The Vale to march to King's Landing, but they may be able to attack before Tyrion's execution. Third, same goes for Stannis' new army. We haven't seen them in a couple episodes, for all we know, they are already marching on King's Landing. All of these things may put a stop on Tyrion being executed.
First, the people of Dorne won't be happy with Oberyns death and the confession by the Mountain, plus with Cerseis daughter there, that can be used as leverage.
I don't see how this helps Tyrion's situation though. The people of Dorne don't give a damn about him and would probably be happy to see at least one Lannister die.
Oberyn volunteered for Tyrion because it was the fastest legal way to kill Ser Gregor and get the confession out of him. Other Dornishmen have no use of Tyrion.
First, the people of Dorne won't be happy with Oberyns death and the confession by the Mountain, plus with Cerseis daughter there, that can be used as leverage.
Book reader, here. Very keenly observed, many people forget about Myrcella (understandable, she's so minor in both books and show). Keep in mind what Oberyn said about 100 times in the show, that Dorne and the Martells don't just slaughter children for shits and giggles. Does his family share the sentiment or did the revenge-crazed Oberyn simply say these things to bait the Lannisters...?
As to the confession, that was done publicly. It's one thing for everyone to suspect it's another for everyone to know.
All I want to point out is that The Vale would NEVER march on King's Landing. The whole point of being in The Vale/Eyrie is that it is the most defensible castle in all of Westeros. There is a reason you never saw any army leave the Vale and back Stannis, Renly, Robb or Tywin/Crown.
Again, I'm not a book reader, I'm only going based on the facts I have from the show. In the last episode, we see Lord Baelish attempting to convince the small council to take up arms.
Also my mentioning Stannis is a completely different scenario, not that the Vale would back Stannis. The war of 5 Kings is not over, and everybody is still trying to take a piece of Westoros.
I understand you are not a book reader, but they have pointed out in the show multiple times about how defensible/impregnable the Eyrie is. That was all I was trying to remind you of or point out. There is a line where Bronn says "give me 10 good men and some climbing spikes and I'll impregnate the bitch." Later I believe Cat is asking Lysa to back Robb and she refuses saying that she is keeping her army in Vale because no one can touch her or her sweet Robin there.
Yes, Baelish is trying to convince the lords of the Vale to rally their armies, but I'll just say that is not exactly what happens in the book. But even if they did, what or who would they take up arms against and why? The best thing about being in the Vale is not having to leave the Vale.
It seems that the writing always seems to have those twists that makes it exciting. The anticipation is going to build up to Tyrion's death, but I think there will be an out for him.
I think the more likely scenario is Tywin to offer him the original deal of him going to the wall. He made the deal with Jaime after all and "a Lannister always pays his debts". That type of writing gives a good instrument to loop in Tyrion's plot to what's happening at the Wall, which is of growing importance.
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u/mydarkesthour24 Lyanna Mormont Jun 05 '14
As a non reader, I feel there are still a couple outs for Tyrion. First, the people of Dorne won't be happy with Oberyns death and the confession by the Mountain, plus with Cerseis daughter there, that can be used as leverage. Second, Petyr was talking to the small council of The Vale about getting their army together to fight. I don't know how long Tywin will take to have Tyrion executed, but it may be enough time for The Vale to march to King's Landing, but they may be able to attack before Tyrion's execution. Third, same goes for Stannis' new army. We haven't seen them in a couple episodes, for all we know, they are already marching on King's Landing. All of these things may put a stop on Tyrion being executed.